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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Why is the Acai Berry a Superfruit?

By Fred Skipp

The acai berry has certainly gained and retained its popularity. People are still crazy about it because they believe that the acai berry contains almost all supplements, vitamins, and minerals that their bodies will ever need. Some people spend a lot of money buying vitamins and food supplements but they are not natural and therefore they are not as good as eating the acai berry.

Nowadays, most people are aware of antioxidants and why it is important to fight free radicals. The acai berry is one of the fruits with the highest amount of potent antioxidants known. There may be other fruits that have even more antioxidants than the acai berry but the jury is still out of which fruit has the highest amount of antioxidants.

A high level of anthocyanins are found in the acai berry. One of the main anthocyanins in the berry is called cyanidin-3-glucoside or C-3-G for short and the other is called cyanidin-3-rutinoside. There are many other antioxidants such as polyphenols. The presence of lots of potent antioxidants make the acai berry one of the best things that you can eat to make yourself healthy.

The acai berry contains high percentage of essential fatty acids. This is why some people take the acai berry pills instead of fatty acid supplements as a source of their essential fatty acids. More than 50 percent of the acai berry, based on its dry weight, is good fats. The oil extracted from the acai berry consists largely of monounsaturated fats and some polyunsaturated fats. The fatty acid content of the acai berry is similar to that of olive oil.

Your body also needs protein. Fortunately, the acai berry is also high in protein content. This makes the acai berry unique since most fruits are not good sources of protein. Some acai berry has very similar protein profile to an egg. However, not all acai berries are alike in terms of protein content. Some have higher and others have lower. This depends on the acai palm trees that they grow on.

There are many vitamins in the acai berry such as vitamin E. Most of the vitamins in the acai berry are found in the acai pulp which is why people try to drink juices that have acai pulp in them. The acai pulp is where all the healthy stuff in the acai berry are. There are many more vitamins in the acai berry making it one of the best supplements that you can find.

Most fruits only have some of these nutrients, vitamins and minerals but the acai berry has it all and more. There are fiber in the acai berry as well as lots of minerals. The acai berry is also low in sugar which makes it good for anyone watching their sugar intake. People who eat the acai berry regularly find themselves full of energy, stronger, healthier and they feel and look younger too. - 17274

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